背骨
Chinese
learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder | bone | ||
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trad. (背骨) | 背 | 骨 | |
simp. #(背骨) | 背 | 骨 |
Pronunciation
Noun
背骨
- spine; backbone
Verb
背骨
- (chiefly Taiwan) to betray
Derived terms
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Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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背 | 骨 |
せ Grade: 6 | ほね > ぼね Grade: 6 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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呂 |
Etymology
Compound of 背 (se, “back”) + 骨 (hone, “bone”).[1][2][3][4][5]The hone changes to bone as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
First cited to a text from the late 1100s.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) せぼね [sèbóné] (Heiban – [0])[4][5][6]
- IPA(key): [se̞bo̞ne̞]
Noun
背骨 • (sebone)
- [from late 1100s] backbone (series of vertebrae that encloses the spinal cord)
- Synonyms: 脊柱 (sekichū, “spinal column”), 脊椎 (sekitsui, “spina, spine”)
- Hyponyms: 椎骨 (tsuikotsu, “vertebra”), 脊椎骨 (sekitsuikotsu, “vertebra”), 脊髄 (sekizui, “spinal cord”)
References
- “背骨”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
- “背骨”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN